In this newsletter I present some of the works I made during my stay in the Périgord in France over the past two months.
Three of these works, '45°15′00″ N 1°06′19″ E', 'Merging Spaces' and 'Distances', were made in collaboration with other artists, residing in other places, using a mobile phone to connect.


 

Village
Men, looking at a village.
February 26, 2022.

HD-video with sound
05'14 min.

Click here to watch the video.

 

Sunday

Crossfaded stereo sound recording
of the first 15 minutes from sunrise at 8:20 AM (left channel)
and the last 15 minutes to sunset at 5:57 PM (right channel).
Stereo audio file, 15’00 min
Best listened to on headphones.
Please use a natural level of volume.

Maumont, January 30, 2022.

 

The start and end (of a walk)
February 7, 2022

 

Mixture
an exercise

In the morning I walked into the woods, carrying an audio recorder. After a while, I stood still and listened to the sounds around me. I pressed the record button.

About ten minutes later, I stopped recording.
I put the recorder down and pressed Play.

I stepped away a few feet
and listened to the mix of recorded sound and the live sounds around me.

February 6, 2022

 

45° 15′ 00″ N 1° 06′ 19″ E 

I am here.
I call a friend and she answers the call.
Via a video connection I lead her through the scenery
and I describe in words what we are looking at.

My description structures the first few minutes of our conversation.
After that, our talk meanders naturally in all directions.

About eighty minutes later we disconnect.
I take a picture of the location and leave.


Thanks to Ienke Kastelein.